Brian Niemeier

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Brian Niemeier
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Education
Genre Horror, science fiction
Years active2012–present
Notable awards
Website
www.brianniemeier.com

Brian Niemeier is an American science fiction horror author. In 2016, he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and won the inaugural Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel.

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Background

Brian Niemeier grew up in Peoria, Illinois. [1] He attended Bradley University in Peoria for his undergraduate work, [2] then earned an MA at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Writing career

Niemeier was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016, [3] [4] which he said was a result of his having been selected by the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies campaigns. [5] The award voters ranked him sixth of five nominees, below "No Award". [6] His second novel, Souldancer, won the inaugural Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel. [7] [8] When Niemeier's novel The Secret Kings was nominated at the 2017 Dragon Awards, The Verge contributor Andrew Liptak cited the book's low ratings at Goodreads (numbering 11 at the time) when discussing whether or not the Dragons were actually rewarding the works most popular with fans. [9] Niemeier has since stated that the Dragon Awards have been taken over by the "Death Cult" by which he alleges the Hugo Awards are controlled, and that this cult "took advantage of the drastically reduced voter base to pack the ballot" in 2020. [10] Mike Glyer, of File 770, described Niemeier as negatively spinning the results of the 2020 Dragon Awards because Niemeier's friends didn't win. [11]

Bibliography

Works are listed chronologically in each section. All of his works are self-published unless otherwise noted.

Combat Frame Xseed series

  1. Combat Frame Xseed (December 2018)
  2. Coalition Year 40 (May 2019)
  3. CY 40 Second Coming (December 2019)
Other books in this series

A non-fiction guide to the series was also published:

Soul Cycle series

  1. Nethereal (June 2015, ISBN   978-1-5142-9921-0)
  2. Souldancer (February 2016, ISBN   978-1-5300-2133-8)
  3. The Secret Kings (December 2016, ISBN   978-1-5412-1057-8)
  4. The Ophian Rising (December 2017, ISBN   978-1-9735-5797-5)

Nonfiction

Collections

Short works

Awards

YearOrganizationAward title,
Category
WorkResultRefs
2016 World Science Fiction Society John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Finalist [3] [4]
2016 Dragon Con Dragon Award,
Best Horror Novel
Souldancer Won [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Niemeier, Brian (January 5, 2012). "Beta Geminorum". Jersey Devil Press. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  2. Niemeier, Brian (October 29, 2014). "The Tunnel of Indoctrination Indubitably". Archived from the original on December 25, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "2016 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "2016 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  5. An Interview With Brian Niemeier – Part 3, by Russell Newquist, at RussellNewquist.com; "I think it’s fair to say that your Campbell nomination came as a direct result of making both the Sad Puppies and the Rabid Puppies lists, and if you hadn’t been on those lists it wouldn’t have happened. What are your personal thoughts on this?" "Your analysis is correct. I’m grateful to my readers who recommended me for the Sad Puppies list—initially without my knowledge. I’m also grateful to Vox Day, who only put me on the Rabid Puppies list after his first choice was ruled ineligible."; published May 5, 2016; retrieved April 17, 2017; archived at https://archive.today/20170417140147/http://russellnewquist.com/2016/05/interview-brian-niemeier-part-3/
  6. 2016 Hugo Award Statistics, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved April 17, 2017
  7. 1 2 "2016 Dragon Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Winners – The Dragon Award". Dragon Con. September 4, 2016. Archived from the original on December 18, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  9. Liptak, Andrew (August 4, 2017). "The 2017 Dragon Awards are a far-ranging sci-fi and fantasy reading list" . Retrieved December 8, 2020. "Do these titles actually represent what’s enormously popular in fandom? That’s also unclear: one fan compared the works in each category on the book-centric social media site Goodreads, and found some huge disparities. Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey, for example has garnered 13,040 Goodreads user ratings, while another nominee in the same category, Brian Niemeier’s The Secret Kings, only has 11 ratings."
  10. Sutherland, Doris V. (September 7, 2020). "2020 Dragon Award Winners: Thousands Vote Despite Right-Wing Backlash". Women Write About Comics. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  11. Glyer, Mike (August 12, 2020). "Reaction to 2020 Dragon Award Ballot". File 770. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  12. "Publication: Sci Phi Journal, #3 January 2015". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  13. Niemeier, Brian (October 2015). "Free Short Story: Izcacus". Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.